Posted May 14th 2008 10:19AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, Programming, The Amazing Race, CSI, Survivor, Numb3rs, How I Met Your Mother, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Shark, Upfronts, Cane, Moonlight
CBS announced its plans for the 2008-2009 season today. For the most part, things are staying the same, but there are two new sitcoms and four hour dramas planned. Here are the highlights:
Returning: The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Rules of Engagement, The Unit, Cold Case, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, The Ghost Whisperer, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, NCIS, 60 Minutes, Without A Trace, Survivor, The Amazing RaceOut: Shark, Moonlight, Cane, Kid Nation, Power of 10, Secret Talents of the Stars, Viva Laughlin, Welcome to the CaptainNew: The Worst Week, Project Gary, The Ex List, Eleventh Hour, The Mentalist
Mid-season: Harper's Island, Rules of Engagement
Schedule and detailed descriptions of the new shows coming soon, after the jump.Continue reading The Upfronts: CBS
Posted Mar 24th 2008 8:28PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, Game Show, Pickups and Renewals, Shark, Ratings, NCIS, Cane, Moonlight
Shark will swim again -- at least for the rest of this season. The future, however, remains unclear.
CBS today announced that Shark will return on April 29 in a new timeslot. The network is switching the L.A. legal drama from Sundays at nine to Tuesdays at nine, where it may benefit from the strong lead-in of
NCIS. Chances are that if
Shark holds
NCIS's ratings -- or improves on them -- that could mean more
Shark for fall. If the show stumbles, CBS will likely pull the plug.
Fans of
Shark may need to get more militant if they want to keep the show on the air. In a recent story we did about
CBS renewals, there was fervent outcries for bringing back
Moonlight and
The Unit, even
Cane. Out of 40 comments, only two came to
Shark's defense. It may be a small sample, but still...
Continue reading CBS sets Shark for spring...and more Price is Right
Posted Feb 15th 2008 4:20PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Programming, CSI, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Pickups and Renewals, Shark, Ratings, NCIS, Cane, Moonlight
Fans of the Tiffany network can do the happy dance.
CBS has renewed 11 scripted shows for the 2008-2009 TV season. The lucky 11 are:
CSI; CSI: Miami; CSI: New York; NCIS; Criminal Minds; Cold Case; Without a Trace; Ghost Whisperer; Numb3rs; Two and a Half Men; and
The Big Bang Theory.
There are not a lot of surprises in this bunch, although it's great news that
The Big Bang Theory, CBS's rookie Monday-night sitcom from Chuck Lorre's stable, made the cut. Still in limbo, however, are three other Monday-night comedies from the network:
How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, and
The New Adventures of Old Christine. The story speculates that
Mother will get the greenlight for a fourth season soon, but
Rules and
Christine seem to be in competition for the 9:30-10:00 half-hour slot.
Continue reading Update - CBS renews a slew of shows
Posted Feb 13th 2008 4:21PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, CSI, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, Cane, Moonlight, WGA Strike
Tired of trying to figure out the status of your favorite shows post-strike? Well, if you're a fan of CBS's lineup, you no longer have to: the Eye Network
released a list of shows, when they're likely to come back and how many episodes they have left. I'll reproduce the list for you after the jump.
It looks like some of the shows -- most notably, three of the network's big four Monday comedies -- are going to have close to a full complement of episodes for the season (for instance, there will be nine more episodes of the only show on this list I care about,
How I Met Your Mother). It looks like fans of
The Unit, Cane, and maybe
Shark will be out of luck until fall. And
Swingtown, the risque drama about swinging couples, will resume production, meaning that we'll finally see this series the network announced way back at last year's upfronts.
It was nice of CBS to do this. Let's hope the rest of the networks follow suit.
Continue reading CBS publishes list of post-strike returns
Posted Dec 19th 2007 7:19AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E12) This was a great episode of
Cane. For once, they didn't try to wrap up all the loose ends of a story in one episode. I hate when everything is resolved too quickly. Some of the situations are dramatic and serious and
should be drawn out. The shot of Alex in the rain at the end was great and left me wondering how would he get himself out of this debacle. (Unfortunately, I didn't catch any scenes for next week so I'm not sure about the fate of
Cane as it has been suffering in the ratings.)
Speaking of Alex, all the best episodes of the season have been when the odds were against him. Last night proved no different. He is such a clever strong-willed character so I really like seeing him get into sticky situations and then having to dig himself out.
Continue reading Cane: Open and Shut
Posted Dec 12th 2007 9:21AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E11) There was a double episode of
Cane last night. I suppose that was because
Cane was not on last week. But whatever the reason, I just wanted to point out before I start talking about "Hurricane" that I
have reviewed both episodes. I linked to the review of
"The Perfect Son" at the end of this post.
Firstly, why did the people in the convenience store start panicking and rushing out like that? I rewound that dialogue a few times to see what Alex said right before the people went nuts. He just told his son to be calm. So, was the uproar because that thug had a recognizable gang tattoo? Or did people start panicking because of something with hurricane?
Continue reading Cane: Hurricane
Posted Dec 12th 2007 9:21AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E12) Look at this picture. Why did they leave poor Rebecca out? Is it because the little harlot cheated on precious Jaime? I thought perhaps the picture was just supposed to be the groom's family but that doesn't explain why Ellis Samuels is there.
Okay, I'm sidetracking already. But, I'm finished now.
Cane was very dramatic and action-packed tonight. At 9 p.m. we had a hurricane and at 10 p.m. we had a huge fire in the cane fields. The Duques just can't catch a break.
Continue reading Cane: The Perfect Son
Posted Nov 28th 2007 11:20AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E10) Firstly, let me say that I was a little worried when
Cane didn't show any previews for next week. I wonder if it's been affected by the writers' strike. Maybe because of poor ratings they are just taking it off the air. I wouldn't be surprised--they are fine with taking good characters off the show without warning (hello? Santo?). I would be upset if
Cane got canceled though. The show really has so much potential and it would be such a waste of an excellent ensemble cast to cancel it.
Now let's get to the review. Tonight's episode was good. The parallel stories were clever. Alex / Jaime are both confronted with morally gray situations (i.e. a hooker in the hotel room and strippers at a bachelor party). Both, however, stay true to their wives.
Continue reading Cane: Time Away
Posted Nov 21st 2007 11:34AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E09) So, is it just me or is
Cane a little all over the place? I was convinced last week and in the few weeks before that that Ellis Samuels was genuinely interested in Frank Duque and really wanted to be parted from her despicable father. But this week (because now it's convenient for Alex's character) she is back on the other side with Daddy dearest.
I seem to remember Ellis confronting her father about the death of Lucia Duque. The look on her face said everything: she was in shock and deeply disappointed to discover her father ordered the death of a little girl. Then, her father threw her under the bus with the Cuban land deal. He even rudely ignored her while playing cards with his buddies. It was clear they were not in cahoots.
Continue reading Cane: The Exile
Posted Nov 14th 2007 11:58AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E08) "There was a time I was especially fond of you." Ellis to Alex
What does that mean? Did Ellis and Alex have a deeper relationship that we will find out about? Now that would be a good twist in this conflict between the Duques and the Samuels. From their conversation last night, I couldn't quite gauge whether Ellis just meant that she used to like Alex as a friend and business peer or if she was referring to a past romantic relationship.
Another good episode of
Cane--it is truly getting better. Sadly, CBS still hasn't changed the time slot and sadly, Santo was not in this episode. I sincerely hope they are not doing away with him. But, on the bright side, some much needed developments happened last night.
Continue reading Cane: All Bets Are Off
Posted Nov 7th 2007 11:33AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E07) "You've got to stop this vendetta. It will destroy your family" --Pancho
Now, why would Alex stop trying to get revenge on Joe Samuels when things are just getting really good? This episode was great. And that's the first time I said that. As I watched the previews for next Tuesday, I was, for the first time, excited to see what happens next on
Cane.
I need to make one comment before I start the real part of my review though. I think this show would be more popular if it was on at 8 or 9 p.m. I say, get rid of the musical acts (it's not The O.C.) and move to an earlier time slot.. CBS could have a show with the same success and longevity as
Dallas.
Continue reading Cane: One Man Is An Island
Posted Oct 31st 2007 3:01PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Cane
(S01E06) "It's not who you are, it's what you're becoming" --Pancho Duque to Alex Vega
Pancho says it all with this quote from next week's episode of
Cane. What
is going on with Alex Vega? He's a dedicated family man who adores his wife. He's a smart business man who has innovative ideas for Duque Rum. And he's a wrathful man who will exact revenge on anyone who threatens his family. All this in one person. I just don't know if this is believable sometimes.
Continue reading Cane: A New Legacy
Posted Oct 24th 2007 7:23PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Industry, Cane, Moonlight
CBS wants to see where a few of its under-performing shows are going before deciding their fate. The network
ordered four more scripts for both
Moonlight and
Cane.
Moonlight, a series about vampires in Los Angeles, is the net's lowest-rated show on Friday nights (it's in the 10 pm time slot). And
Cane is ranked 8th on Tuesday nights.
While I can't say much about
Cane, I can say that I was mighty disappointed in Moonlight. I'm a big fan of Jason Dohring from
Veronica Mars, but I found him horribly miscast as "the oldest vampire in LA" (or maybe he'll always be Logan Echolls to me).
Continue reading CBS orders more scripts for Moonlight, Cane
Posted Oct 24th 2007 12:27PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Cane
(S01E05) Last night on
Cane things continued to heat up for Alex Vega. He had some close calls with the law. How much longer can he cover his tracks with his involvement in Quinones's murder? Plus, Senator Barnes had to resign because he was found with a male hooker. (Is that the right term? I think Joe Samuels helped would say so.) Guess there's no ethanol deal. Bad news for Alex. Good news for
Cane fans. We get to watch him try to clean up this fine mess.
Continue reading Cane: Brotherhood
Posted Oct 17th 2007 6:08PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Cane
(S01E04) I was pleasantly surprised yet again this week by last night's
Cane. The narrative is really starting to gel in both the overarching plot of the season and within individual episodes. Maybe it's wishful thinking but this show could be the
Dynasty or
Dallas I have been waiting for. Okay, maybe that assessment was premature (I don't want to put that kind of pressure on the Smits), but this episode was great. The show is finally doing a good job of balancing the all the different storylines and making most, if not all, the characters interesting in their own right. For awhile there, it was just Jimmy Smits and his interactions with everyone else.
Continue reading Cane: Family Business
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